18.1296, Qs: Russian Suffixes; Native French Speakers: 'vous', 'tu'

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Subject: 18.1296, Qs: Russian Suffixes; Native French Speakers: 'vous', 'tu'

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1)
Date: 25-Apr-2007
From: Katharina Gernet < gernet at eth.mpg.de >
Subject: Russian Suffixal Morphemes -shchiki/-niki 

2)
Date: 25-Apr-2007
From: Caren Fiorani < cfiorani at indiana.edu >
Subject: Native speaker assistance: French 'vous' and 'tu'

 

	
-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:12:56
From: Katharina Gernet < gernet at eth.mpg.de >
Subject: Russian Suffixal Morphemes -shchiki/-niki 
 

Dear list members,

I am a cultural anthropologist working with the Evens in Central Kamchatka,
Russian Far East. An issue that is discussed by anthropologists not only in
respect with the Evens from Kamchatka but with a number of other Siberian
indigenous groups is the phenomenon of so-called ''neotraditionalism'',
i.e. - to put it simple - the ''return'' from a life in the village to
''traditional'' forms of subsistence as fishermen, hunters, reindeer
herders etc. in the taiga and tundra for various reasons.

I have heard local Evens in Kamchatka speaking of themselves in Russian as
''traditsionniki'' as well as ''traditsionshchiki''. I wonder what might be
the differing semantic connotations of the suffixes -shchiki/-niki. From
the contextual situation I drew the conclusion that while
''traditsionniki'' seems to be a more neutral term, ''traditsionshchiki''
might have some expressive connotation of irony in it or something of a
distanced view on the issue at hand (indigenous people citing academic
writers about ''neotraditionalism'' with a certain smile or critical attitude).

My question to you is: Can anyone of you give me a hint where to find
information about the possible semantic connotations of the Russian
suffixal morphem -shchiki in contrast to -niki? I would be grateful for any
suggestions.

Thank you very much in advance for your help.

With kind regards,

Katharina Gernet
Max-Planck-Institut for Social Anthropology
Halle/Saale, Germany 

Linguistic Field(s): Semantics



	
-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 13:13:01
From: Caren Fiorani < cfiorani at indiana.edu >
Subject: Native speaker assistance: French 'vous' and 'tu' 

	

I am currently working on a final project for a graduate level sociolinguistics 
class.  I am in dire need of some native speakers of French to complete a  short
survey for my project.  The survey deals with your personal usage of ''vous''
and ''tu''.  If you would be willing to help me with my study, please email me
and I will forward you my survey.  Thank you! 

Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics


 




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